Quepos

Quepos takes its name from the Indigenous Quepo people of Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast. Their settlements lay between the sea and the forested mountains, in a region where gold objects were made and exchanged. In 1563 Juan Vázquez de Coronado arrived with Spanish soldiers and Indigenous allies. The local ruler Corrohore received the expedition and gave its leader gold objects; the newcomers then continued toward the territory of Coto farther south.